1. Jarden Corp. FY2007
Audit Fees: $11,691,630
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Ernst & Young
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: PricewaterhouseCoopers
2. Unisys Corp. FY2007
Audit Fees: $11,000,000
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Ernst & Young
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: KPMG
3. CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. FY2007 Audit Fees: $8,400,000
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Deloitte & Touche
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: KPMG
4. Cenveo Inc. FY2007
Audit Fees: $5,798,100
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Deloitte & Touche
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: Grant Thornton
5. Chiquita Brands International Inc. FY2007 Audit Fees: $5,689,000
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Ernst & Young
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: PricewaterhouseCoopers
6. Aspen Technology Inc. FY2007 Audit Fees: $5,245,554
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Deloitte & Touche
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: KPMG
7. CommScope Inc. FY2007
Audit Fees: $4,888,083
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Deloitte & Touche
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: Ernst & Young
8. Tesoro Corp. FY2007
Audit Fees: $4,558,919
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Deloitte & Touche
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: Ernst & Young
9. Borland Software Corp. FY2007 Audit Fees: $4,306,996
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: KPMG
10. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. FY2007 Audit Fees: $4,263,000
Firm that
HAD the Fees in FY2007: Ernst & Young
Firm that
WILL get the fees in FY2008: KPMG
Rank. School (Points). University Auditor
1.Ohio State (172). Deloitte & Touche
2.Southern Cal (168). PricewaterhouseCoopers
3.Oklahoma (164). Grant Thornton
4.Georgia (163). Cherry Bekaert & Holland
5.Florida (161). State Auditor
6.Missouri (152). KPMG
7.Clemson (141). KPMG
8.West Virginia (140). State Auditor
9.Louisiana State (132). State Auditor
10.Texas (115). No Outside Auditor
Rankings are a composite of major pre-season polls, compiled by Stassen.com. Auditor information is from Ames Research Group private companies research and related to the university, not the football team specifically.
Company Incoming Firm Outgoing Firm
Credo Petroleum Corp. Ernst & Young Hein & Assoc.
DCT Industrial Trust Inc. Ernst & Young KPMG
Quantum Corp. PricewaterhouseCoopers Ernst & Young
Ditech Networks Inc. Burr Pilger & Mayer PricewaterhouseCoopers
Golden State Petroleum Transport Corp. PricewaterhouseCoopers Grant Thornton
Company |
Incoming Firm |
Outgoing Firm |
Credo Petroleum Corp. |
Ernst & Young |
Hein & Assoc. |
DCT Industrial Trust Inc. |
Ernst & Young |
KPMG |
Quantum Corp. |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Ernst & Young |
Ditech Networks Inc. |
Burr Pilger & Mayer |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Golden State Petroleum Transport Corp. |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Grant Thornton |
Company |
Incoming Firm |
Outgoing Firm |
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Valcom Inc. |
Moore & Assoc. |
Kempisty & Co. |
4 |
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Titan Global Holdings Inc. |
Skoda Minotti & Co. |
KBA Group |
4 |
|
Heartland Inc. |
Coulter & Justus |
Meyler & Co. |
4 |
|
Lightscape Technologies Inc. |
Moore Stephens |
Yu & Assoc. |
5 |
|
Worldwide Biotech & Pharmaceutical Co. |
Kempisty & Co. |
Parker Randall |
6 |
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Audit Firm, SEC Clients, Total Clients? Revenue ($000)
1. Moore Stephens Frost, 6, $1,418,213
2. Rachlin, 9, $997,288
3. Battelle & Battelle, 3, $936,767
4. Armanino McKenna, 9, $803,318
5. Carr Riggs & Ingram, 6, $674,962
6. Travis Wolff & Co., 2, $565,142
7. Joseph Decosimo & Co., 3, $515,817
8. Mazars, 3, $490,907
9. Johnson Miller & Co., 3, $463,488
10. Boulay Heutmaker Zibell & Co., 9, $453,341
Company, Sales (000), Auditor
1. Cargill Inc., $110,630,000, KPMG
2. Koch Industries Inc., $98,000,000, Ernst & Young
3. Chrysler LLC, $59,700,000, Deloitte & Touche
4. General Motors Acceptance Corp., $31,490,000, Deloitte & Touche
5. PricewaterhouseCoopers, $28,190,0001
6. Mars Inc., $27,400,000, PricewaterhouseCoopers
7. Bechtel Group Inc., $27,000,000, PricewaterhouseCoopers
8. HCA Inc., $26,860,000, Ernst & Young
9. Ernst & Young, $24,520,0002
10. Publix Super Markets Inc., $23,190,000, KPMG
11. US Foodservice Inc., $20,160,000, Deloitte & Touche
12. C & S Wholesale Grocers, $19,450,000, KPMG
1. Deloitte provided PwC’s Dec. 2006 Peer Review.
2. KPMG provided E&Y’s Dec. 2007 Peer Review.
2009 Ranking. Company (Overall PwC Market Share: 5.8%)
1. Toyota Motor Corp.
14. Sony Corp.
22. Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.
67. Toyota Industries Corp.
76. Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.
2008 Ranking. Company (Overall PwC Market Share:15.4%)
1. Toyota Motor Corp.
4. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
10. Sony Corp.
14. Nippon Steel Corp.
17. Nintendo Co.
Approximate mileage based on distance between the company's registered headquarters address and the auditor's office indicated on the company's most recent audited financials statement. Most of the companies are small, "development stage" entities, with a few exceptions such as CSC.
Pacific Land & Coffee Corp., Honolulu, HI
Auditor: Mantyla
McReynolds, Salt Lake City, UT
Approx. Miles:
3,375
LTX Credence Corp., Milpitas, CA
Auditor: Ernst & Young,
Boston, MA
Approx. Miles:
2,674
Nile Therapeutics Inc., San Francisco, CA
Auditor: Hays & Co.,
New York, NY
Approx. Miles:
2,579
Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc., Petaluma, CA
Auditor: Marcum & Kliegman,
New York, NY
Approx. Miles:
2,573
Lyris Inc./fka JL Halsey Corp., Wilmington, DE
Auditor: Burr
Pilger & Mayer, San Francisco, CA
Approx. Miles:
2,514
Hamptons Extreme Inc., Ventura,
CA
Auditor: LI & Co.,
Skillman, NJ
Approx. Miles:
2,459
Blink Couture Inc., Santa Monica,
CA
Auditor: Paritz & Co.,
Hackensack, NJ
Approx. Miles:
2,454
Ideation Acquisition Corp., Beverly Hills, CA
Auditor: Rothstein
Kass & Co., Roseland, NJ
Approx. Miles:
2,438
Electronic Game Card Inc., New York, NY
Auditor: Mendoza
Berger & Co., Irvine, CA
Approx. Miles:
2,426
IVI Communications Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Auditor: Bagell
Josephs Levine & Co., Marlton, NJ
Approx. Miles:
2,401
TRB Systems International Inc., Piscataway, NJ
Auditor: Stan
J.H. Lee, Chula Vista, CA
Approx. Miles:
2,377
Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, VA
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche,
Los Angeles, CA
Approx. Miles:
2,288
Ariba Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Auditor: Ernst & Young,
Pittsburgh, PA
Approx. Miles:
2,233
Empire Resorts Inc., Henderson, NV
Auditor: Friedman,
New York, NY
Approx. Miles:
2,224
Seamless Wi Fi Inc., Las Vegas,
NV
Auditor: Demetrius & Co.,
Wayne, NJ
Approx. Miles:
2,210
Total audit fees increases, sourced from proxy statements filed during March 2009.
Boise Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: McGladrey & Pullen, $107,072
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: KPMG, $1,811,000
Change: 1591.39%
Barzel Industries Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Miller Ellin & Co., $31,179
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, $289,632
Change: 828.93%
O'Reilly Automotive Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $1,279,930
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $4,458,962
Change: 248.38%
Teradata Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $1,427,500
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $4,578,900
Change: 220.76%
Hatteras Financial Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $161,386
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $513,500
Change: 218.18%
China Health Care Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Cordovano & Honeck, $25,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Cordovano & Honeck, $75,000
Change: 200.00%
Cornerstone Growth & Income REIT Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $32,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $87,000
Change: 171.88%
Insituform Technologies Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $869,745
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $2,096,390
Change: 141.04%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: KPMG, $9,387,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: KPMG, $21,531,000
Change: 129.37%
Competitive Technologies Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Mahoney Cohen & Co., $67,717
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Mahoney Cohen & Co., $154,699
Change: 128.45%
Total audit fees increases, sourced from proxy statements filed during March 2009.
Rambus Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $9,387,970
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $1,836,124
Change: -80.44%
Xedar Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner Hottman, $561,979
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner Hottman, $152,636
Change: -72.84%
MYR Group Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $2,673,687
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $872,746
Change: -67.36%
EchoStar Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: KPMG, $2,492,169
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: KPMG, $922,755
Change: -62.97%
Temple Inland Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $4,932,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $1,914,000
Change: -61.19%
Indiana Community Bancorp
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $543,706
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: BKD, $212,383
Change: -60.94%
Synovus Financial Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: KPMG, $6,074,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: KPMG, $2,380,000
Change: -60.82%
Highwoods Properties Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $3,310,535
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $1,330,282
Change: -59.82%
Insulet Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $2,354,916
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $962,801
Change: -59.12%
Mednax Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $2,886,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $1,249,000
Change: -56.72%
Total audit fees increases, sourced from proxy statements filed during March-April 2009.
Energy Composites Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Kyle L. Tingle, $1,950
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Carver Moquist & O'Connor, $152,926
Change: 7742.36%
Pacific Office Properties Trust Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Epstein Weber & Conover, $29,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $937,000
Change: 3131.03%
Heckmann Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $30,453
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: GHP Horwath, $673,119
Change: 2110.35%
Stream Global Services Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: BDO Seidman, $113,761
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $1,932,857
Change: 1599.05%
Boise Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: McGladrey & Pullen, $107,072
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: KPMG, $1,811,000
Change: 1591.39%
Cyalume Technologies Holdings Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Miller Ellin & Co., $29,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Carlin Charron & Rosen, $467,000
Change: 1510.34%
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $44,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $472,000
Change: 972.73%
Barzel Industries Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Miller Ellin & Co., $31,179
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, $289,632
Change: 828.93%
Energy Recovery Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: BDO Seidman, $180,833
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: BDO Seidman, $1,300,297
Change: 619.06%
Real Goods Solar Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner Hottman, $83,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner Hottman, $558,000
Change: 572.29%
Total audit fees decreases, sourced from proxy statements filed during March-April 2009.
Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $3,633,549
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Squar Milner Peterson Miranda, $554,600
Change: -84.74%
Rambus Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $9,387,970
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $1,836,124
Change: -80.44%
Nanosphere Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $1,280,950
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $314,804
Change: -75.42%
Evercore Partners Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $6,102,509
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $1,531,733
Change: -74.90%
Altria Group Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $32,400,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $8,200,000
Change: -74.69%
NeurogesX Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $1,627,212
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $430,468
Change: -73.55%
Xedar Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner Hottman, $561,979
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner Hottman, $152,636
Change: -72.84%
Impax Laboratories Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Grant Thornton, $5,013,141
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Grant Thornton, $1,377,606
Change: -72.52%
Cenveo Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $5,798,100
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Grant Thornton, $1,620,593
Change: -72.05%
Borders Group Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Ernst & Young, $4,471,711
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Ernst & Young, $1,260,870
Change: -71.80%
Largest total audit fees, sourced from proxy statements filed during March-April 2009.
JP Morgan Chase & Co./fka Chase Manhattan Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $75,600,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $101,891,000
Change: 34.78%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $84,000,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $99,900,000
Change: 18.93%
Citigroup Inc./fka Travelers Group Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: KPMG, $88,100,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: KPMG, $96,100,000
Change: 9.08%
Bank of America Corp./fka BankAmerica Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $61,600,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $83,400,000
Change: 35.39%
International Business Machines Corp.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $69,600,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $71,700,000
Change: 3.02%
Morgan Stanley/fka Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $56,300,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $60,400,000
Change: 7.28%
Ford Motor Co.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $57,800,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $57,100,000
Change: -1.21%
MetLife Inc./fka Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $53,600,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: Deloitte & Touche, $49,500,000
Change: -7.65%
Prudential Financial Inc./fka Prudential Insurance
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $44,200,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $49,100,000
Change: 11.09%
Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.
FY
2007 Auditor/Total Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $53,930,000
FY 2008 Auditor/Total
Fees: PricewaterhouseCoopers, $47,543,000
Change: -11.84%
Largest Department of Defense Contracts for Fiscal 2008.
Ranking, Company, DoD Contracts ($000), Auditor
1, Lockheed Martin Corp., 13,448,720, Ernst & Young
2, Boeing Co., 9,706,621, Deloitte & Touche
3, Northrop Grumman Corp., 7,914,925, Deloitte & Touche
4, Raytheon Co., 5,170,830, PricewaterhouseCoopers
5, SAIC Inc., 4,919,830, Deloitte & Touche
6, General Dynamics Corp., 4,900,417, KPMG
7, KBR Inc., 4,130,650, KPMG
8, L3 Communications Holdings Inc., 3,944,841, PricewaterhouseCoopers
9, Computer Sciences Corp., 3,670,743, Deloitte & Touche
10, Electronic Data Systems Corp./EDS, 2,457,890, Ernst & Young
23, Accenture Ltd., 861,923, KPMG
28, Bearingpoint Inc., 745,310, Ernst & Young
55, Deloitte LLP, 294,465
84, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 163,832
99, KPMG LLP, 134,493
FY2008 Audit Fees by Firm Office, Chicago. Fees in millions
Chicago| Firm | Total | Avg | Clients |
| Deloitte | $198.5 | $5.7 | 35 |
| Ernst & Young | $128.4 | $2.7 | 47 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | $101.9 | $4.2 | 24 |
| KPMG | $90.3 | $3.0 | 30 |
| Grant Thornton | $9.8 | $0.8 | 12 |
| BDO Seidman | $6.7 | $0.6 | 12 |
| Blackman Kallick Bartelstein | $1.1 | $0.4 | 3 |
| McGladrey & Pullen | $0.4 | $0.2 | 2 |
| Plante & Moran | $0.3 | $0.3 | 1 |
| Crowe Horwath | $0.2 | $0.2 | 1 |
| Virchow Krause & Co. | $0.1 | $0.1 | 1 |
| Wipfli | $0.1 | $0.1 | 1 |
FY2008 Audit Fees by Firm Office, Seattle. Fees in millions.
| Firm | Total | Avg | Clients |
| Deloitte | $51.1 | $3.6 | 14 |
| KPMG | $39.3 | $2.1 | 19 |
| Ernst & Young | $26.8 | $3.0 | 9 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | $7.8 | $1.0 | 8 |
| Grant Thornton | $1.8 | $0.5 | 4 |
| Moss Adams | $1.5 | $0.4 | 4 |
| Peterson Sullivan | $0.8 | $0.2 | 5 |
| Schwartz Levitsky Feldman | $0.3 | $0.3 | 1 |
| McGladrey & Pullen | $0.3 | $0.3 | 1 |
FY2008 Audit Fees by Firm Office, Denver. Fees in millions.
| Firm | Total | Avg | Clients |
| KPMG | $55.2 | $3.1 | 18 |
| Ernst & Young | $45.9 | $2.7 | 17 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | $26.2 | $2.9 | 9 |
| Deloitte | $13.7 | $1.2 | 11 |
| Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner Hottman | $5.8 | $0.3 | 17 |
| Grant Thornton | $4.2 | $0.5 | 8 |
| Hein & Assoc. | $2.8 | $0.3 | 11 |
| GHP Horwath | $1.2 | $0.2 | 5 |
| BKD | $1.0 | $1.0 | 1 |
| Crowe Horwath | $0.6 | $0.6 | 1 |
| Causey Demgen & Moore | $0.4 | $0.2 | 2 |
| Eide Bailly | $0.3 | $0.3 | 1 |
| McGladrey & Pullen | $0.1 | $0.1 | 1 |
| Gordon Hughes & Banks | $0.1 | $0.1 | 2 |
| Stark Winter Schenkein & Co. | $0.1 | $0.1 | 1 |
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